I'm not a big car guy. Sure I've always wanted a black Trans-Am with a gold Firebird on the hood, after watching "Smokey and the Bandit" 600 times as a kid. But I can barely tell an Audi from an, er, Innie these days. I've always been pretty much a Honda guy and while my current green Civic is on its last legs, it gets the job done.
I've had very few complaints about my car. Brakes have been great. Engine holds up swimmingly. It's a great car with great pickup and all that jazz. But there's one thing about it that continually drives me to cursing like a sailor. Honda knows how to make great cars... but they have no clue how to make a decent cup holder. Seriously. The one in my '99 Civic is quite possible the worst cup holder I've ever seen in my life. It's your basic molded plastic, but it's pretty wide at the base and not tall at all. So unless you have like a reallllly wide shot glass of coffee, whatever else you put in there is destined to fall. And that's exactly what's happened countless times. To me. And my pants.
I can't tell you how many times a regular-sized cup of diet coke from McDonald's has tipped over, spilling all over my right leg and the floor mat. Heck, even a small cup of coffee will happily bounce right out and take great joy in scalding my leg, ruining my pants, and adding more stains to that poor poor floor mat. I've certainly learned my lessons a bit, and now whenever I have a cup and I'm making a turn, I'll hold that cup damn tight until I'm out of the turn. But even still, it's not foolproof... nor spill proof.
The sad thing is that I've seen the latest Honda models too, and while they're light years ahead of the world's worst cup holder... they still fall far short of being decent. Maybe I should just give up drinking all together. After all, we don't need liquid to survive, do we?
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3 Responses to “My Cup Holder Runneth Over”
Andrew, I feel your pain. It must be a Honda thing. I use to have a little red 1993 Honda Del Sol (Yes, I am actually straight) and it didn't even have a standard cup holder, you had to open the little glove box between the seats and flip down this plastic thingee that was actually suppose to hold your drink, WRONG! My drink spilt once and I never used it again. My only solid option was to hold my drink between my thighs and endure...
@Kyle - You're like my long-lost brother, Kyle. We seem to have a lot in common: coupons, cars and Carell. (Yes, I took Alliteration 101 in college.)Wow, I remember the Del Sols. They were pretty neat. I had the super mini Civic hatchback and that probably had a similar type of cup holder if anything. Yeah, putting a drink between your legs (particularly a hot drink) is never good advice....
*LOL* A wide shot glass, eh?
Sorry to hear about your poor pants and floor mats - covered in soda stains. Ewwww.
I have a Ford Taurus SE, and the cup holders are decent. Maybe it's not the nicest, sportiest car out there, but let me tell ya - this car has been fantastic for the three years I've had it. Certainly better than the other cars I've owned in the past.